Help me understand, please!

[vallaw]

I know how frustrating it can be to be stuck for a couple of answers after slogging away at a crossword. But can anyone explain what possible satisfaction anyone can get from asking for and being fed all the answers and then just filling in the grid?

[columbus]

Here is a good example aked a little earlier by WILTAND22;

8d Autonomous Russian republic, Capital Grozny (8)
surely it would have been easier to type Grozny into GOOGLE especially with it's predictivity the answer would have come up by typing GROZ...

[shaneystar2]

I used to answer a lot on Q&P and only answer now for fun and to pass the time if I'm bored .I shouldn't really 'cos it's just laziness when people can't be bothered to use a dictionary .

I do mainly cryptics and I can't see what's wrong for asking for help with these and asking for an explanation on wordplay etc .

A good cryptic crossword is a delight and for people starting out with them I'm only too pleased to help anyone having tussled with them myself for donkeys years .

However some put shopping lists up for really,really , easy questions that can be Googled or found via a dictionary or wordfinder and then, what annoys me most of all is that they never thank anyone !

[emmie]

shaneystar, i think that was the point, three threads, one c/w all same person. I always grateful if someone helps me out with one or two, not do the whole thing.

[mumsie_wumsie]

I do a crossword from the newspaper every day. sometimes I can sail through it, other days I can get really stuck . But I use a Thesaurus, which gives an alternative answer to the question, rather than an explanation. If that doesn't work, then I google and can always finish the crossword. its good to get the old grey matter working!!!!

[boxtops]

I disagree niles - I rarely do prize crosswords, it's often the crosswords in the local paper which stump me, usually the cryptics. We're not all in it for the money.

[nov11]

To all of you who wrote about cheating, greed and laziness think again. For me its the pleasure of completing a crossword. I never send it in to be judged and I am always using 'my brain' as I like to call my limited reference books. I do use the internet on odd occasions. I'm an avid MOS prize crossword doer. I never finish it till the following Saturday if then. I await the answers on sunday with great anticipation. I hope vallaw the broadens your understanding a little more.